Lajoie, 25, skated in five NHL games with the Hurricanes last season and has registered 15 points (7g, 8a) in 67 career NHL games with Ottawa and Carolina since debuting with the Senators in 2018-19. The 6'1", 185-pound defenseman has earned four assists in 10 AHL games with Chicago in 2022-23 and was named the team's captain on Nov. 8. Lajoie has posted 91 points (15g, 76a) in 204 career AHL games with Belleville and Chicago and added eight points (4g, 4a) in 18 playoff games last season to help the Wolves win the 2022 Calder Cup. The Quebec City, Que., native was drafted by Ottawa in the fifth round, 133rd overall, of the 2016 NHL Draft and acquired by Carolina in exchange for Clark Bishop on Jan. 12, 2021.
